[656] "Bhāradvāja, if a person has faith (saddhā), in saying 'Such is my faith,' he preserves truth (saccamanurakkhati); but he does not yet come to the categorical conclusion: 'This alone is true; anything else is futile.' To this extent, Bhāradvāja, there is the preservation of truth (saccānurakkhaṇā); to this extent one preserves truth; and to this extent we declare the preservation of truth. But there is not yet the awakening to truth (saccānubodha).
"Bhāradvāja, if a person has a preference (ruci) … if a person has an oral tradition (anussava) … if a person has reasoned reflection (ākāraparivitakka) … if a person has acceptance of a view after consideration (diṭṭhinijjhānakkhanti), in saying 'Such is my acceptance of a view after consideration,' he preserves truth; but he does not yet come to the categorical conclusion: 'This alone is true; anything else is futile.' To this extent, Bhāradvāja, there is the preservation of truth; to this extent one preserves truth; and to this extent we declare the preservation of truth. But there is not yet the awakening to truth."
"Worthy Gotama, to this extent there is the preservation of truth; to this extent one preserves truth; and to this extent we regard the preservation of truth. But to what extent, worthy Gotama, is there the awakening to truth? To what extent does one awaken to truth? We ask the worthy Gotama about the awakening to truth."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.